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Re: Slang vs slangs

As I know that slang is an uncountable noun. But can we add an ' s ' to mean different types of slang like what we do on ' foods ' and ' peoples ' ?

eg. I am running a company dealing in wine and foods.

eg. Peoples from different nations come to attend the world conference.

Slang is slang. I don't know of any reason to use slangs.

The first sentence should be: "I am running a company dealing in wine and food."

The second sentence should be: "People from different nations come to attend the world conference." Use peoples only when discussing nationalities. For example, you might say discuss the peoples of Europe or the peoples of Asia. There is probably no need for peoples unless you are writing a sociology paper.

It has cleared the mess :). In fact, I knew so well about the usages. It was just because they were not used in line with the grammar that made me wonder if rules were somewhat changed to fit the current trend.

Regarding ' food ', I just came across this from a Darlie toothpaste advertisement. Even the formal advertisement also came to use plural on food.

Since it is common to pluralize words by using an s ending, perhaps some non-native speakers pluralize words native-English speakers would not. In your example sentence, in this country (USA) we would not use foods. However, while it is rare, there are times when we would use it. Example: "Chicken is one of the foods I eat." Here is another: "It's one of the world's favorite foods." (I got the idea for that one via a Web search.)

Of course, more common is something like: "I'm going to go out to buy some food."

Foods is, apparently, used in many company names and also when discussing things like grain foods and other kinds of food.

If foods is in common usage where you are as the "plural" of food then it is probably the thing to do to join the crowd.